May 2009
43 posts
“Bing, of course, stands for But It’s Not Google. The problem, as far as I...”
– Seth’s Blog: The next Google
Rhett Miller - Wave of Mutilation
bijan:
Here’s...
Inspiration
As John Cowper Powys said, in one of my favorite books, The Meaning of Culture (1929):
Culture is what is left over after you have forgotten all you have definitely set out to learn…One always feels that a merely educated man holds his philosophical views as if they were so many pennies in his pocket. They are separate from his life. Whereas with a cultured man there is no gap or lacuna...
“The world of computing has changed, profoundly, yet so many of our applications...”
– Tim O’Reilly from “Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?” (via fred-wilson)
She & Him - Lotta Love
She & Him covering...
The Watson Twins - Better Go On Home
A gem of a...
TeachStreet lands $1.2 million →
TechFlash has the story on our new financing round, our recent expansion into Chicago, and soon, into Philly. I’m looking forward to the next 12 months, they’re going to be huge!
So, if you’re looking for a Knitting teacher in New York, or Cooking classes in Chicago, check us out, and in the words of Dave Schappell: “Onward!”
The Panic Three-Day Sale, everything 50% off. →
I’m pretty old-school, if I’m not using Eclipse, I stick to vi for coding, and textwrangler if I want a little better windowy-ness. Still, Coda is pretty sweet (I don’t like textmate - for some purely subjective reason), and I can use all the web-dev help I can get, so I’ll probably pick it up. I wish it supported git out of the box in addition to svn though…
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WatchRyan Adams - Firecracker (from PBS’ Music in High Places)
The time period for Adams and his band is extremely relevant. PBS got him when he was still making a name for himself. He is performing songs from the Gold album before they were made famous. The results is a masterful acoustic - energetic and fresh each time… These are true snapshot videos - a moment in time is beautifully...
The Biggest Loser (@daryn vs. @daveschappell) →
Dave posted his and my latest weight loss challenge over on the TeachStreet blog, making us both publicly accountable and publically shameable, so I figure I might as well reblog and cast the net even wider.
I know I can out-eat Dave, but this one might be a little harder!
(this chart will auto update on weigh-ins)
EELS - I Want to Protect You
Marination Mobile →
Looks like Seattle will be getting it’s very own Hawaiian/Korean taco truck soon. I can’t wait!
Skillet has been a bit of a disappointment as of late, and Seattle is sorely lacking in street food in general, so this is a very welcome addition.
Follow Marination Mobile on Twitter, and get the full scoop!
TechFlash: Ten lessons in bootstrapping →
A great post from the founders of Urbanspoon, which was recently acquired by IAC.
You might know them from their iPhone app.
M. Ward - To Go Home
I love this re-working of...
“I pulled a day of bit.ly data — all the bit.ly links that were clicked on May...”
– THINK / Musings» Blog Archive » Distribution … now (via fred-wilson)
The bit.ly stats are very surprising/interesting (and, yes, look very healthy). Considering that most people “test” their links, if you remove duplicate clicks from the data, and exclude clicks from the creator,...
Steve Earle - Pancho and Lefty
From Steve...
“Based on usage patterns and feedback, we’ve learned most people want to see when...”
– Biz, via the Twitter blog.
Basically, this is saying if I follow @a and not @b, I’ll never see @a’s tweet saying: “@b you’re brilliant, everyone should follow you!”
This feels very wrong from a discovery perspective. More than half of the people I currently follow on...
The Morning Benders - Mother & Child Reunion
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Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele - 26 Miles...
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Band of Horses - Waiting on a Friend
Band of...
“Here’s one way to look at it: when it comes to user interface & design - NYC...”
– bijan sabet: User Interface & Design - east vs west
Interesting observation. I’ll have to give this more thought, but Bijan’s examples for East ( Tumblr, Etsy, OMGPOP, Vimeo and the Hype Machine.) and West ( Friendfeed, Mint, imeem, and zazzle ) certainly support the argument.
One...
Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other...
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Wilco - Jolly Banker
Wilco covering Woody...
B.B. King - Ruby Lee
Sunday morning blues for my...
The name Ruby Lucille
It’s true, Ruby is my new favorite programming language*, and Lucille and Ruby (Don’t take your love to town) are my two favorite Kenny Rogers songs, but those aren’t actually the reasons we chose the name. Ruby and Lucille are our paternal grandmothers.
Ruby came to America with my parents, and lived with us until she passed away when I was in high school. Lucille is alive and...
